Yankees Sign Chris Leroux To Major League Deal

The Yankees signed Chris Leroux to a Major League contract and added the right-hander to their 25-man roster, the club announced over the weekend. Leroux joined the Yankees on a minor league deal signed in January. Leroux is represented by the Octagon Agency.

Leroux, who just turned 30 earlier this month, has a 5.56 ERA, 1.91 K/BB rate and 8.1 K/9 over 69 2/3 career Major League innings. He appeared in 63 games out of the bullpen for the Marlins and Pirates between 2009-13 and he’ll take on a similar relief role with New York. The righty also spent time in Japan last season pitching for the Yakult Swallows.

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He is likely only going to be used if there is a blow-out. Yankee relievers have been strong. (Betances, Kelley, Robertson, Warren, Thornton) The bullpen era is a bit bloated however because Girardi likes to put in random guys in games where the Yankees are down by 3+ runs.

Which would be relevant if he’d pitched more than ten minutes for either team; the reality is that Leroux’s last meaningful big-league time was with a Pirate club in 2011 that finished 13th in the NL in FIP, and he couldn’t stick with them. Leroux is the original Scary Fly Ball guy.